Community reviews for GoNoodle

I can not use all the activities or all the song because the music or the performers are not according to my believes and teaching stile, but I will definitely will use the ones I can. I am new using this app, I have to try it for longer time and learn more about it. For now I am glad I fount it.

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I love GoNoodle and so do my students! It is great when your students need a break to get up and moving. I like how the website tracks how many videos you have completed and levels up your class monster. GoNoodle also has a blog with additional resources and ways to use it in the classroom to help teachers even more. My students enjoy the coloring pages of the monsters. I think the website does a great job of labeling what kind of videos they offer and allowing you to add your own but it would be nice to know what skill level the students need to actively participate in the video.

I absolutely LOVE gonoodle and so do my kiddos! They beg to do movement breaks daily!! HIGHLY Recommend!

GoNoodle is one site I return to day after day for my class, and yet there is so much variety my students never get bored. It has proven to be a great support in classroom management, as well as physical and health education. As a teaching tool, specifically for classroom management, there isn't an easier, more effective one available. It is a valuable asset in my teaching toolkit.

I genuinely love this site. It motivates my students each time their monster grows. It also helps me as the teacher become engaged with something more on the students level.

GoNoodle is an effective, research based library of activities for the classroom to help students learn to focus through physical activity. It is age appropriate and offers great content that is student friendly and easy to use. GoNoodle is a great incentive for students to earn and these brain breaks help keep them focused on their work for longer periods of time.

Based on the dimensions above, engagement is usually not a problem among students. I have found over the years, students are excited when GoNoodle is mentioned and/or ask to do GoNoodle. Sometimes it does take some convincing to make sure all students are participating. I found if the teacher participates, the likelihood of all students participating is greater. A nice feature GoNoodle includes is the monster character when a class is created. The character progresses and changes as activities are completed. I have especially found the younger students to enjoy this feature. Under the pedagogy dimension, even though I don't believe it involves building a real deep understanding of a particular skill or concept, I do strongly think it has benefits to student learning. It aides in decreasing distractions or redirection, refocusing on a task, enabling an smoother transition from one lesson to the next, and/or helping with attention span. In addition, it has the option for educators to incorporate some academic skills using kinesthetic learning. What I appreciate about GoNoodle is it has a variety of movement and brain exercises, so it is versatile across all grade levels and learning abilities. If you want something that is more high energy or something that is calming and requires more focus, GoNoodle provides those options. Overall, I have had great experiences and outcomes with this site. A couple tips to consider below: 1. This is usually done as a whole group activity, so enough space is required. Students should be able to move freely without touching their peers. Having a projector with speakers and some kind of large viewing area are beneficial, so all students can see easily. I have also had to discuss guidelines when moving around and staying in one spot. Students tend to forget and end up moving around the room, touching each other, or moving closer to the viewing area. 2. The graphics and videos are highly engaging, but sometimes can be "cheesy" or over the top. Encouraging older students to want to participate or to be excited by these activities can be a challenge since the graphics are more appealing to the younger ages. 3. This is a free site to sign-up and use, but a strong internet connection is needed. In addition, any internet filters need to be lifted or an option to bypass the filters in order to stream videos within some of the activities.

This is great to use for small groups along with short bursts of time in between subjects while increasing blood flow to the brain and body to enhance learning and awareness

The academic brain breaks are a little generic, but many can be customized if you take the time. My students love to watch the class monster grow and change. There are a variety of activities to choose from at varying activity levels. I know from experience that an exceptionally wiggly class is more ready to learn after a high energy Zumba song.